London, 17.07.2009
Jahreskonferenz Green Budget Europe
17. Juli 2009, London
Umweltpolitik in Zeiten der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise
King´s College, London
Hintergrund
Ziel der Konferenz war es den politischen Entscheidungsträgern sowie der interessierten Öffentlichkeit innerhalb der EU deutlich zu machen, dass marktwirtschaftliche Umweltpolitik zu einer Lösung der Umwelt- und Finanzproblemen beitragen kann. Energie- und Ressourcenbesteuerung, Emmissionshandel und die Abschaffung umweltschädlicher Subventionen können Anreize schaffen, die Effizienz und Nachhaltigkeit unseres wirtschaftlichen Handelns zu erhöhen und dadurch unsere natürliche und künstliche Umwelt sowie die Ökosysteme zu verbessern. Die Ökologische Finanzreform könnte zum Beispiel dazu verwendet werden die Einkommen zu erhöhen oder die Rückzahlung von Haushaltsdefiziten zu finanzieren.
Das Programm zur Konferenz von Green Budget Europe können Sie hier herunterladen.
Am 15. und 16. Juli fanden zudem noch die Abschlusskonferenz des petrE Projektes "Environmental Tax Reform in Europe - the Key to a Resource-Efficient, Low-Carbon, Competitive Economy" statt, das von Professor Paul Ekins koordiniert wurde.
09:30 Introduction – EFR and the fiscal crisis
Chair: Kai Schlegelmilch (Vice President, Green
Budget Europe)
09:30 Environmental Fiscal Reform as significant part of the solution to the financial crisis
Anselm Görres (President, Green Budget Germany) Download
10:00 A Sustainable New Deal: Environmental Policy and the Fiscal Crisis
Tim Jackson (Economics Commissioner, Sustainable Development Commission)
11.15 EFR and the EU – Ways of realising change in
Europe
Chair: Tea Nõmmann (Centre Director, SEI Tallinn)
11:15 What is politically feasible? What possibilities are there in the EU to implement EFR?
Alexander Wiedow (European Commission, DG-TAXUD) Download
11:45 Fiscal reform in Europe: Fields of action and political windows of opportunity
Dr. Franz Fischler (President of the Eco-Social Forum
Europe) Download
13:45 Workshop I: ETR and ETS in the context of the EU climate and energy policy
Chair: Ralf Martin (LSE)
Comments invited from:
• Yannis Paleokrassas (former EU Environment
Commissioner, former Finance Minister GRE) Download
• David Gee (EEA)
• Manfred Rosenstock (European Commission,
DG-Environment) Download
13:45 Workshop II: Sustainability and transport in the EU
Chair: David Baldock, (Director, IEEP)
Comments invited from:
• Miroslav Hájek (Director of the department of
economic instruments, MoE CZ, Prague) Download
• András Lukács (Clean Air Action Group Hungary) Download
• Andrea Molocchi (Friends of the Earth Italy /
ISAT research institute Italy)
13:45 Workshop III: The EU budget review – greening the budget?
Chair: Chris Littlecott (Green Alliance)
Comments invited from:
• John Hontelez (Secretary General, EEB) Download
• Keti Medarova-Bergstrom (CEE Bankwatch
Network / Friends of the Earth Europe) Download
• tbc
13:45 Workshop IV: Windows of opportunity for the implementation of EFR in times of fiscal crisis
Chair: Aldo Ravazzi (Italian Ministry for Environment,
Land & Sea)
Comments invited from:
• Danny Stevens (Policy Director, Environmental
Industries Commission) Download
• Marc Pallemaerts (Senior Fellow, IEEP)
• Dr. Paul Metz (e5, European Business Council
for Sustainable Energy) Download
15:30-17:00
Environmental policy in times of financial crisis: EFR as a tool to help our economies out of the recession
(Panel discussion)
Chair: Professor Stewart Elgie, (Faculty of Law,
University of Ottawa)
Including Reports from the workshops:
"ETR and ETS in the context of the EU climate and
energy policy ", Mark Schofield (Sustainability and
climate change tax leader, PwC)
“Sustainability and the Transport Sector”, Miroslav
Hájek (Director of the department of economic instruments,
MoE CZ)
“The EU budget review - greening the budget”,
John Hontelez (Secretary General, EEB) Download
“Windows of opportunity for the implementation of
EFR in times of fiscal crisis”, Aldo Ravazzi (Italian
Ministry for Environment, Land & Sea)
Brief comments from:
Professor Paul Ekins (King’s College London)
Robin Miege (European Commission, DGEnvironment)
Eröffnungkonferenz: EFR and the fiscal crisis
v.l.n.r.: Tim Jackson (Economics Commissioner, Sustainable Development Commission),Kai Schlegelmilch (Vice President, Green Budget Europe), Anselm Görres (President, Green Budget Germany)
EFR and the fiscal crisis, Discussion/questions
Workshop III: The EU budget review – greening the budget?
v.l.n.r.: John Hontelez (Secretary General, EEB), Chris Littlecott (Green Alliance), Keti Medarova-Bergstrom (CEE Bankwatch Network / Friends of the Earth Europe
Environmental policy in times of financial crisis: EFR as a tool to help our economies out of the recession, mit den Ergebnissen der Workshops: v.l.n.r. Mark Schofield (PricewaterhouseCoopers UK), Kai Schlegelmilch (Vice President, Green Budget Europe), John Hontelez (Secretary General, EEB), Helen Lückge (Research Associate INFRAS)